Enjoy Numbers Again | Pastor Brian Case

Hey, thank you for checking out our video today. We know you're gonna enjoy this word from God Make sure to leave a like and share it with somebody Let's pray real quick Thank you God for today Thank you Jesus for this moment Thank you Lord for sending your son. Thank you that we have a big God How amazing is that? We don't have a weak God. We don't have a God that doesn't listen to us I don't have a God that helps us maneuver through things. We have a God that loves us It's for us And desperately wants to have a relationship with us. So I pray for multiple people in here I pray for the ones that do not know you yet Lord do what you do best You got them here. So you're rolling. I pray Holy Spirit Lord that you meet them where they're at And I pray Lord for today that there will be another Salvation that will come to know you so they can experience you at such a level that the ones that have received you Know what it feels like Know the benefits and everything else Lord. We get out of your way today So render this message to you I pray for pastor Tim and the college students as they are driving back on the interstate protect However, many vehicles they took I just pray for extra heads of protection Over all of them Lord. I know they're gonna come back. I know next week's gonna be fire. I know they're gonna have great stories But let us lean into what you have for us today And we love you we worship you in Jesus mighty name. Amen. Amen Love it. I love it. That's pretty good. That's pretty good. I do want to say Because I do want to just jump into this. There's a lot to cover. So first of all, let's give up our middle school right here Awesome Y'all have a blast. I know they got a special word for y'all. You're gonna love it. Thank y'all for coming Y'all are rock stars. Let's go fist bump it. Love it So as they're leaving man, go ahead and tell your neighbor. Happy New Year. Good to see you all the greatness And then you may be seated

I Love right hand 2026 so before we jump into this because I think I might just got my mic there So before we jump into this, I want to reflect I want to reflect back on 2025 now, I understand some of y'all might be like, I don't want to reflect. I don't want to go back It was rough aren't we done can we go forward so for the people for that We won't be in this moment long, but I Do want to have this moment because God did so much in 2025 and my heart is to show you what God did That's what this is all about. I'm gonna share some numbers. I got about nine different numbers But the heart behind this is our great opportunity and joy to show y'all What God does you know, so let's jump into Yth we had 67 salvation Our John Melvin Christian College, so they come all every I think quarterly could be a little wrong with that, but let's say quarterly We've had at least 15 salvations just with that huge. Yes Our next ministry 14 salvations Navarre we had 30 salvations in Navarre last year Now Pensacola, I know y'all want to know what did God do here when he did a lot so I'm gonna just tell you he did a hundred and forty nine salvations I Love it. I love it big deal. Don't that pump you up? That's amazing So Blackwater our Blackwater campus, we had a hundred and fifty four salvation On our Blackwater campus Big deal, let's go Pando app so we just had the opportunity and I'm fixing to talk about prayer and fasting in a minute, but man Fasting for this thing, Pando app, for like, I don't even know, four or five years. Some things only come through prayer and fasting. That's just how that works. But also when God, when you're fasting for something,

it's God's timing, it's not yours, and sometimes that's tough. But we just got this Joker, so I'm pumped. So we've had it for two months. So we've, out of two months, we've already had 36 salvations. Woo! Woo! Woo! Our online campus, so online campus is basically, we have multiple different platforms we pull from. I don't really know all that stuff, that's why I'm not the online campus leader, cause I don't know. But what I do know is if you pull all those together, we've got about 10,000 followers, that follow us online. Huge. Woo! And then Pando app. Pando app, we have right around 4,000 followers. So that, yeah, huge. Woo! So if you kind of add all that up, you got about roughly 465 salvations in 2025. Woo! That's a big deal, big deal, big deal. I'm telling you man, so hey, God's always moving. He's moving this year, I know we're a couple days into it, but it's good to look back.

That should give some fire to you, should give you some fuel. Well, before I jump into the measures, I wanna go over a couple things really quick. So as you come in, our dream team tries their best to hand you one of these things. If you have it, awesome, if you don't, it's okay. But I do wanna encourage you when you leave, if you don't have it, this really is going to help you. So this is 2026, new year, let's go. The whole reason that we do this is to keep y'all informed. We want you informed so you can be a part of what God's doing, that's it. Our purpose is to tell you what God's doing, help you be a part of it and give you an opportunity. So multiple things here. So the first thing is churchwide fast, that starts tomorrow. So that's tomorrow, that has been around since the very beginning of this church, 14 years. 14 years, this is such a big deal. Obviously the foundation is Jesus, 100. But fasting and a couple other things that we do regularly are like strong pillars of this church, seriously. I've grown up in church since I've been like right there. And we didn't really talk a lot about fasting and that's okay, you know? But when I came to this church, it's like, man, biblical fasting. And when I say fasting, it's biblical fasting.

And if you're like, well, what is all that? Well, a couple of things here. Number one, I'm gonna go back to this. When you pick this up, it's got a lot of resources underneath it. So there's a resource and I think they'll have a slide up here. And if you wanna use your phone, please do because this is a big deal. I wanna take a lot of time right here because this is a big deal to us. If you're like, I don't know what biblical fasting is, go to momentumchurch.org slash fasting. And like I said, there's one right there, we go, boom. Now it does say events, but it'll be slash fasting. So back to this, if you have this, you wanna grab it, it says fasting right there. But you wanna go to that and there's all your answers, man, because I don't have the time to unpack it, but we want you to be confident. We want you to be confident. Don't just do it just to do it. It's a big deal, big deal to us, big deal to Jesus. It's such a big deal. Pastor Tim is actually gonna start tomorrow. He's going to start for 21 days online. I think right around seven, 7.05 AM. And he's gonna have something to go along every single day. So it is a big deal to us. So please, like I said, grab this, look that up.

That should answer some questions. At the end of every fast we do is night of worship. So night of worship, that's right. Night of worship is where we get to celebrate. Well, you can celebrate before night of worship. Let me just be clear there. But it's when the body comes together in a big group setting to where we get to worship, celebrate what God is doing, not only in that 21 days, but what he's gonna do the rest of the entire year. And you know, I am gonna take time for this really quick. I think it's so important. I fasted for, I've got like four people on my list. Y'all remember in Christmas, if you were here, you wrote down people's names. And then you said, hey, we're gonna pray. And we put it in the altar and it was amazing. And we prayed over it. And I was vulnerable with the staff. I said, hey man, I'm just gonna be real. There's four people on this list. I've been fasting and praying for these guys for over six years. And I'm getting discouraged. I just getting discouraged. God meets you there. Do you know that? Let me tell you what God did for my Christmas break. So one of the guys that I've been praying and fasting for came up to me.

I've been waiting for this for six years, came up to me and he's like, hey, he like literally we're at a party. He's one of our relatives and he comes up to me and he's like, I need to talk to you. Yeah, we sit outside for 30 to 45 minutes. And he keeps telling me, well, be patient with me. I'm not there yet. I'm trying to figure this whole God thing out. I gave him the gospel and he wasn't there yet. I looked at that man, I said, trust me, I'm very patient. I said, I've been praying and I started crying in this moment. I said, I've been praying and fasting for six years for this moment. And I'm like tearing up. I said, so I got all the time in the world, baby. I said, the fact that you just blessed me today with this 40 minute conversation, it's huge. It's huge. It's huge. It's huge. It's huge. It's huge. It's huge. So fasting is a big deal. And let me help you there. Man, if you don't have a believer, if you don't have a person on that list, that's a non-believer, put them on there, man.

Because then you get to have that moment. And when he crosses the line, I'm really gonna go crazy, but hey, we almost there. So fasting, night of worship, YTH, like I said, we got Pastor Tim, they're coming back. That's our college students, YTH, winter camps right around the corner. And then last, but definitely not least, community group signups. That's a big deal. Yes, big deal. If you're new to this church, short and simple is if you want the best care, that Momentum Church can offer you, it's through community groups. This is a big deal on Sunday. It's a massive deal. This is huge. But the six other days, you need community. You need like-minded people. You need people that'll check on you. And one person, so I'm the care pastor here as well. I can't check on everybody. And it's not my job. I mean, it's my job to check on you, but it's impossible. So God uses people. So I wanted to take really a lot of time just with those two things, cause it's a big deal. It's a really big deal. I'm excited about it.

Now, before I get into the title of the message, I want to tell you about how it kind of came about. So about a year and a half ago, I love it. So a year and a half ago, I'm working on a message. One of my mentors told me, you need to always be ready. Always be ready. So when you're in Blackwater campus and you go in there, sometimes stuff don't work. And you better have some type of message ready to get up there and share with the men. So I worked on this message a year and a half ago. Well, every time I get an opportunity to jump up here and be able to preach, I asked the Lord, hey, is that the message you want me to share? He's like, no, that's not it. I'm like, okay. Fast forward another time. Hey, is that the message you want me to share? No, that's not it either. It's this one. I'm like, dang. Well, this has happened to me like quite a bit. So I'm just being real. I didn't even ask him this time. I don't know if I didn't ask him because I just forgot or if I just didn't ask him because it's like, it's gonna be no, I don't know. But what I do know is this Wednesday, I had a message prepared for you guys, finishing to practice it,

finishing to send it to the production team. And the Holy Spirit's like, hey man, um, that's the message you're preaching this time. I'm like, really? I'm like, yes. Like, cause I have been sitting on this thing for a year and a half. So why do I say that? Because this message is for somebody today. One, a hundred, a thousand. Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! The Lord just doesn't switch a message for nothing. Cause I had one. And I was like, let's go Jesus. And he's like, yeah, well that can wait. So what I said, God doesn't waste your time, your effort, your planning. He doesn't do that. That's not how he operates. So if you're in a position right now and you're like, I did all this planning, homework, whatever. And now we're not using it, hang in there. God doesn't just waste that, man. That's not how he works. So the title of the message is obviously, here we go, enjoy numbers again. Enjoy numbers again.

Obviously it's a new year. We all got numbers in our minds right now. Whether that's a goal, whether that's taxes. Whatever it may be, there's a lot of different numbers flying around, now you can neglect them or not, but I encourage you, set goals. Set goals, and not only set your goals, man, look at them daily. Do you understand that God gave you that goal, whether you believe that or not? So if you're sitting there, man, what can I do better this year? And all of a sudden these numbers come up and these goals come up, that's the Lord, because Satan don't want you to get better. So that ain't of Satan. So if it's not of Satan, man, write your goals, write your numbers down, put them in front of you, look over them daily, go at it, don't get discouraged. So enjoy numbers again. Well, before I get into the things I really wanna draw out, what do numbers do? To in order to enjoy numbers, let me just go over a little bit of what numbers do. Number one, they tell stories. They tell stories. They tell direction, show patterns and trends. They have meaning and they have authority. They describe things, you use them for goals. They stretch your faith.

And then the last I would like to add to that is, you know, they show you if you're winning or losing. And there's so many other ways, I can't think of all of them but this is at least a good solid of how important numbers are. Well, why would God lay that on my heart to share and enjoy numbers again? Well, number one, he enjoys numbers. He made them, period. He loves them. And let me just show you a couple of different ways why I feel very confident that he loves them. Let's just start with the Bible. All right, right here, this big old joker, look at this. That right there, the God of the universe that has been around forever, forever. Wrote 66 books that make up this Bible. 66 books that make up this Bible. And one of the books are called Numbers. Now let me just kind of let you see that a little better cause that, okay, that sounds amazing. Now let's go a little deeper. So let me just help paint this picture. So how many of y'all in here know John Maxwell? Wow, we are some readers, let's go, I love it. I love it, I love it. John Maxwell, so he's, so I think when I looked it up, he's 78 years old, 78 years old. This man is a great book writer. I listened to a lot of them, not all of them.

Do you know how many books he's written in 78 years? 78 years, how many books did he write? 130, 130 books. And that man's been alive for 78 years. The God of the universe only wrote 66 that we call the Bible. And if he's gonna make one of the books called Numbers, but I'm pretty sure it's a big deal to him. It's a big deal to him, big deal. Another reason why I feel confident that it's a big deal to him, God himself is three in one. We believe in the Trinity around here. So that's God, the Father, God, the Son, God, the Holy Spirit, three different persons, but they make one God, one God. So there is one God, that's it, but there's three in one. And let me tell you something, if that don't expand and blow your mind, you might not be being truthful, man. I'll be truthful. It's like, dang Lord, I don't quite grasp that. I trust it, I believe it, and I know it's the truth, but dang, he could have easily not done that. He could have, I mean, he could have done it differently than that, but no, he wants to expand our thinking. It's a big deal to him. Numbers are a big deal, big deal. Also, I wanna go over just a couple of numbers as far as, in the Bible, numbers have meaning.

So I can't go over every single number. We'll be up here forever, but I can go over the first 10. So let's just start with number one. What does the number one mean? It means unity. Number two means union. Number three, a form of completeness. Four, creation. Five, grace and favor towards humans. Six, man's weakness, the evils of the devil, and sin. Seven, you probably know this one. If you've been in church, you definitely could probably answer before I do. The foundation of God's word, completeness and perfection. Eight, a new beginning, born again. Nine, conveys the meaning of the finality. 10, responsibility. ability, and the completeness of order. So I think numbers are a big deal to God. And then I'll end with this last one. You know, salvation, what's this all about? What's it all about? What is it all about? It's all about winning souls for Jesus, man. That's what it's about, man. Do you realize there's a certain time that God only knows? We don't. Jesus doesn't even know the exact time, but God knows exact time and how many people that hear the gospel when he tells his son, go get them.

That's numbers. So don't tell me that numbers aren't a big deal to God, because they are. And he wants you to enjoy them again. It's been too long that the enemy has literally just came at the church. And that's how I came up with this message. I've been talking about your goals and don't let Satan take that from you and all of that. But I wanna focus in on really one specific area. But before I do that, let me just tell you a little bit about Satan really quick, just because we're about to talk about him here in a minute. But let me tell you a little bit about Satan. Satan don't like you. We have an enemy and we have God. That's whether you believe that or not, that's real. That's a fact. And he does not like you. If you've been around church long enough, you'll probably hear people say, and I agree with this statement. I don't disagree. I'm gonna add to the statement. You'll probably hear people say, well, when you give your life to Christ, you have a bullseye on you. Has anyone ever heard that? When you give your life? Okay, tracking.

Love it. I agree. But let me tell you something. If you don't have Christ and you're lost and you have not given your life to Christ, you've got a bullseye too, man. He don't like you. He's not like cheering you on. You're not his homeboy. He don't like you. And I'm about to show you, he don't like you. So don't believe the enemy to think, well, if I just don't give my life to Christ, I'll never have a bullseye on me. And I actually like to go a little deeper. Let's just go a little, you wanna go a little deeper than that? When you give your life to Christ, the Lord gives you the Holy Spirit and he gives you spiritual armor. And I don't have the time to go in it, but he gives you things to put on, to stand in the authority of Jesus and say, you ain't going no more. Yeah. But when you're not a believer, when you don't have that, when you don't have that, guess what? You got a bullseye on you. He don't like you.

You don't have the God of the universe for you. You don't get the clean two Romans 8, 28, for we know for those who love the Lord, all things work together for good according to his purpose. And you don't get to put on the spiritual armor. You are literally out here by yourself. And he's telling you, the life is feeding you. Don't become a Christian cause they'll put a bullseye on you. You got a bullseye. And he's lighting you up. It's what he's doing. That's what he's doing. So I'm just gonna help you here. Forget that punk. I'm exposing for it is. So don't believe that lie. Cause you're getting, there's a bullseye on you. Well, where do you have the grounds for that? Well, I'll tell you really quick. So first of all, we're gonna go to John and the Bible. John 10, 10. Now, before we read this, I know a lot of us probably know this verse. I wanna put it in just a little bit of context. And what I mean by that is, if you're a new believer, John, like it's new year, right? New year, new believer, man, where do I start?

This Bible's big. Where it's, what's probably the best place to start? There's a lot of places, but I would encourage John, the book of John. So it's Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. You got the Old Testament. This is the New Testament. John is a very good starter book. It's really good. So you ought to read that. And then in John chapter 10, this whole chapter is really Jesus. It's basically saying, I'm the son of God. And not only am I the son of God, that my sheep know me, they hear me, they listen to me. And that's what this whole chapter is about. But what I wanna draw out this one verse is because he also tells us Satan's purpose. So sometimes, and I'm guilty of this. Sometimes I focus on a lot of, well, what's my purpose? What do I need to do? God, what can I do for you today? But we ought to know what our enemy's purpose is. Yeah. Cause he's still coming at you. So if you can recognize it a little quicker, you got a better chance. So here's exactly what Jesus said. As this is it, this is the devil's purpose. This is what he's all about.

Number one, John chapter 10, pick it up on 10. The thief's purpose. So the thief, Satan. The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. Steal, kill, destroy. My purpose, and that's Jesus right there, let's go. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. Rich and satisfying life. So let's just break down first, what is Satan's purpose? You wanna know that. And then this is where I wanna dive into really quick. I want to dive into a certain aspect of how he attacks non-believers and believers when it comes to church, as far as people getting up here and giving out numbers. Well, what do I mean by that? So I'll give you a great illustration. So when Pastor Tim gets up here, or I get up here, and we're showing you what God's doing, and we use numbers, example. Say we get up here, hey man, we had 10 salvations this week. Or hey man, we're believing in Navarre for 200 people. Or hey man, we had 20 VIPs, and we're up here trying to show you what God's doing through you. Or if, let's just go here, say Pastor Tim's in his prayer closet, and God really lays on his heart, like, hey, this is where the church is gonna go, but we need to raise about this much money to get there.

So let's go share that. Okay, or we can go here. If he's in your prayer closet, and then we do this all the time. We normally believe for a certain amount of people to show up for this thing or theater. We want to believe big. We've got a big God. We are trying to get you to expand, right? Right, yes, you can clap for that. So my question is, the first step the evil one does is steals. He wants to steal your joy of numbers. So anytime we're up here and we say that, if you're not excited in here about that, he's starting to steal your joy. Now, I understand everybody's not gonna be screaming, wide open. I know I'm a little different. I get it. I get it, right, love it. But let me challenge you here. Whatever you love to do, shopping, hunting, watching sports, I don't know. Pick something in your mind right now that you're like, man, when I do this, I get excited. Like, woo, whatever your excitement is. My question to you then is, that same excitement, however that's expressed in here or whatever,

do you get that excited when we're up here sharing what God's doing with numbers? I don't want you to raise your hand. And this is not a shame on you message. That's not what this is. The enemy, well, I'll tell you the next one. So that's the first thing. Second thing, then he not only wants to steal, but he wants to kill it. It's not good enough just to steal something. You can get it back. So now I wanna kill it. Okay, well, what is killing it looks like? Well, killing it looks like, say the same scenario. We get up here and we share what God's doing. Now, all of a sudden you're mad, you're angry. There's bitterness. Now, you won't say it, which is fine. But you're like, man, here we go again. I knew it. It's all about the numbers. It's all about the numbers. See, this is, and you just, you start getting really angry. That means you went from him stealing it, there's now he's killing it. And let me just help you really quick. If there's any thought in your mind right now that is not positive, that's the enemy. That's what he's gonna do right now. He's gonna whisper right now why I'm up here.

See, I don't know what he's whispering to you, but if it ain't positive, that's the enemy. And let me tell you a cool thing about that. We just identified that. So whatever he's feeding you right now, if it's not positive, don't listen to it. This is not a shame on you message. This is a message of identifying. God wants us to identify where we're at. He doesn't wanna keep us there. God loves us. When you have a child and you see your child and you're trying, man, if they can only see something. Oh, and you can't force them, but you're wanting them to see it. That's this message. I just want you to see it so it can help you. He just wants you to see it so that you can say, you know what, that is me. Lord, awesome. Guess what he gets to do now? You just asked that, you said that, awesome. Boom, he gets to help you now. That's all this message is. That's what this is. Let's see where you're at and let's take it up a notch. Does that make sense? Y'all following? Love it.

So that's kill, still kill. Now it's not even good enough to kill something because us Christians like to bring, let me say it right. Us Christians through the power of Jesus love to bring things back to life. Just say it. I'm telling you, man, I'll blow your mind with some stories. I won't go there, but through the power of Jesus. So then the enemy knows that. So he needs to destroy it. So same scenario. If you're now past bitterness and angry, but now you're wanting to really just like leave. Like when you leave here, you're like, you know what, I'm never going back to that church. That's destroying you. Or another way to look at it as well is, you know, you're a leader, whether you believe that or not. People look up to you. I don't care if you're 10. I don't care if you're 15, you're 20, you're 40, you're 60. Reality is somebody looks up to you, man. Whether you believe it or not, your coworkers, whatever. And if the enemy can still and kill your joy, and destroy it, you're gonna leave a big...

People that look up to you, you're taking them out too, man. It's not just about you. And the enemy knows that, but do we know that? And I'm not saying you can't have a moment, but have a moment with God, man. He wants you to have a moment with him. Man, it's okay to bring... God ain't scared. It's okay to bring Jesus. Hey man, in your quiet time. I'm struggling here. Okay, awesome. Boom, there it is. But what's not good is for you to go out. I mean, yeah, we are supposed to carry each other burdens, but at the same time, man, hey, if you didn't take it to Jesus first, you might not wanna tell your friends first. Cause you might get the peace you need with Jesus, and you don't need to go ask your friends. But if you go because the Satan has stole your joy, and you just wanna go tell everybody, well now everyone behind you is destroyed too. That's what he's trying to do. Destroy it all. Kill it all. That's his goal, man. He doesn't like you. He doesn't like us.

He doesn't want these chairs to be filled. He doesn't want people to hear the word of God. That's his goal. Destroy it all, right? So that being said, that's where when you destroy, if he can get you out of church, if he can let you believe the biggest lie, and the biggest lie of... I could be wrong, I'm probably wrong, but I'm gonna say it anyways. I think the biggest lie is if he can get you to believe that there's a perfect church. The perfect church. You know why? Cause if there's a perfect church in your mind, you're gonna go look for it. And whether you're strong willed, and you go through 10 different churches, and then eventually it clicks, and you're like, there's no perfect church. Absolutely. We're a bunch of broken people. I ain't perfect. I'm far from perfect. I get up, Lord, help me, and then I probably go out the door, and I have to repent, who knows? But I'm not perfect. You're not perfect. None of us are perfect, man.

So don't believe you're gonna find a perfect church. But if he can get you to believe there's a perfect church, then eventually his favorite number that he likes to play is one. That's Satan's favorite number, probably one. If I can get them so low by their self, they've got no chance. But if I can get you a community group, and if I can get you around believers, and I can get you around more than one number, and multiple, multiple numbers, then you got a better chance. And that's what it is. We're fighting for souls. Like I said earlier, that's the main tactic. The main big deal is souls, man. That's what it comes down to. It's what it comes down to. So now, that being said, I've been talking a lot about Satan. I wanna talk about Jesus for a second. What do y'all think? Yeah, right. Praise God. I'm all about talking about Jesus. All right, here we go. I love it. So Jesus. So what does Jesus say? My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

That's God's purpose. Now, this is not what he's saying. He's not saying my purpose is that they're never gonna have trouble. Or hard times. That's not what he says there. And that's not what he means there. What he means is, if you are a child of God, when you have trouble, and you have hard times, He can give you the peace through the power of the Holy Spirit, through friends that you have community group with, through the pastor that comes up here and shows you how God moves, I can give you the peace you need to get through those moments. The peace, the rich, satisfying life. That's what He's saying here. That's what God's purpose is. And He wants that for you. And it's exciting. I'm telling you, man, if you ever just like, and just embrace that, you know what I'm saying? Like, have you ever had a moment in your life? If you're a Christian and it was, I'm going to say it, forgive me, Lord. It was hell. You know, it was, it wasn't easy. He has things hit you the wrong way and you're going through it. And you go to the Lord and you're like, this ain't fun, man. This ain't good. This is not, this is hell. I don't understand it. I don't know why you're allowing this. The beauty, the beauty of being a child of God is in that moment, God gets to help you, man. And that's the rich and satisfying life. You know, you need that. You ain't going to make it through this world on your own, man. You need Jesus. You need Jesus. And on top of that, there's going to come, I want to switch to like just opportunities. So we're talking about bringing your joy back, bringing your joy back to numbers. So there's going to be, I like this one. God gave me this and I love it. I'm like, man, that is really good. So let's just go to community groups for a second. Our pastor, which I'm pretty sure Jesus believes it as well because he says a rich and satisfying life. Our pastor and what we believe in Momentum Church, we want everybody to be plugged in 100% to be plugged into community groups. Yes, that was your time to cheer. So that's what I'm saying. Like God wants you to be able to hear that number

and not get discouraged. That's what I'm preaching right now. God wants you to hear a hundred percent and not think, well, dang, that's hard. Or dang, that's unattainable or whatever the, whatever the thought is. That's not this thought. I can do that. God, we have a big God. You don't think he can't get a hundred percent participation. I do. And God believes that. And he wants you to believe that. And when you hear that, he wants you to get excited. Now I know I'm coming off hard. I'm just passionate. I love, I get excited. I'm not mad at you, but I want it. I want you to get it. Don't you want this? Don't you want that? Don't you want when you hear a hundred percent something in you, it's like, boom. He wants you to have that. Now it might not be like that. That's just who I am, but there's something in there that you can be like, and that's what he wants. We're going to have so many opportunities this year to have those moments. And God wants you to have those moments. Do you realize that God does so many things? We have no clue. We have no clue of all the stuff God does. We get to see probably this much, that much. So when we see it, we try to show y'all so that we can celebrate. Well, if a God shows you this much and you can't get excited about that and like really like, wow, then why would he show you this much? They can't even, they can't even like get really excited because of that. And I guess I'm not shaming you. I'm just saying, God wants you to, he wants to show you this. He would love to show you this, but what are you doing with this numbers? Again, if we want to put this in numbers, if I show you 10 things and you, and you know, it's all awesome. Praise God. Okay. Well then I'm not going to show you a thousand things, numbers. It's what God does. And that's where he wants you. I want to come in here. And when pastor Tim comes up here and shares a number, I'm going to just be real. You're probably going to see me jump out of the chairs. I'm just saying, and you remember this moment because I'm going to jump out of the chair because let me tell you something. Dolphins, pastor Tim said this years ago, been here 14 years. He said, when it hit me the first time, it's, it's never left me. It's never left me. And he says, if you can get passionate about a football game, then you can get passionate about Jesus. And when he said that, If any of y'all know how passionate I get at a football game, I don't have a voice at the end. It's that bad. Like I'm just like wide open. But I'll be damned if the Dolphins are gonna get my joy at that level. And when Pastor Tim shares a number, I don't come up out of the chair.

Woo! Damn! I'm letting loose, baby. I'm having fun. Woo! I'm sorry. I told the Lord, I said, let me just let loose for your glory. I love it. That's how I am. I'm not mad at you. I promise. I promise. I'm not mad. I'm just excited. I'm pumped. It's a new year. There's new things God's gonna do. And we're gonna use numbers. And He wants you to be pumped. So what is all this said and done? I want you to, there's three takeaways. Number one, numbers are a big deal to God. Plain and simple. I feel like I've pleaded my case. I've painted a picture that they're a big deal to God. They're not small. They're big. They're big. They're big to Him. Number two, don't allow Satan to steal, kill, and destroy your excitement. Not just when we share things, but for your own. This year, like I said, I'm full circle. You've probably got some number goals. Go get them. Go get them. And when you mess up and you maybe don't make it, get up. Don't just stay down. Don't let Satan steal, kill, and destroy your excitement. Pump that. Get up. Look at your goals. I'm telling you, look at them daily.

That's a big deal. I just want to reiterate that. If you have goals, if you look at them daily, you have a stronger chance to hit them. They're in front of you. And when they're in front of you, you can hit them. So do that. Big deal. And then last, when the church shares with you numbers, rejoice because God's moving. Rejoice because God's moving. Yes. Let's go, Miss Harriet. You know, when I was trying, because I'm a picture person. That's just who I am. Sometimes God will show me a picture, and I'm like, yes, I see it now. I can take the fork. So when I was just kind of looking, and what is a good illustration, Lord, about numbers? Well, a couple of things. Let's just go to Jesus. I mean, that's the best person. You know? So Jesus. So example, you know, first of all, Jesus had 12 disciples. Numbers. Second of all, when Jesus fed 5,000 people with just a small amount. Numbers. Now let me ask you a question. We've probably heard that story a lot. Have you ever read that story, though, and got angry about it? Have you ever read the story and said, you know what? Dang it, man. Here we go. Jesus talking about numbers again.

He's all about the numbers. Man. No, you don't. You know why? Because it's amazing when you hear that story every time. It blows your mind how God can do that. How can God do that? Just every time. Never gets old. So when we get up here and we show you what God did, let it blow your mind. Even if it ain't at that scale. God, one person's a big deal. When one person crosses the line of faith, that's a big deal to God. Angels, like, rejoice and go crazy. I can only imagine what that looks like. Well, if they're doing that, we ought to get a little pumped when we see one hand. It might not be feeding the 5,000, but that soul was saved, man. You know? Let's go. Like I said, I've been excited about this message. I hope it pumps you up. I hope you're ready to take on your goals, your numbers. Keep them in front of you. Go get them for Jesus. I want to share with you all what God's doing. Get excited. But I do want to ask a question. Earlier, I did this last message. And I'm not saying, I'm just trying to be led by the Spirit in this moment. So I'm going to ask you, if this message really hits you, in a good way, like, hey, you know what?

I feel like maybe somewhere in all of that, the enemy has either steal, kill, or destroyed some part, some type of numbers in my life. I want you to just raise your hand when I say three. I know it's a little different today, and that's okay. I'm just trying to be led by the Spirit in this moment. So, because sometimes what happens is, sometimes when you see other people raise their hand, that gives them courage. That gives them courage. Now, I'm not saying the other way. Sometimes when we bow our heads and we raise our hands, it takes courage to raise your hand there too, absolutely. And I'm not saying one's better than the other. I'm just saying, I'm trying to be led because I just want to see it's a new year. And who's ready to say, hey man, this really impacted my life. So on the count of three, I'm gonna ask you to raise your hand and then I'm gonna pray over you. Cause I know it takes courage for you to do that. So God was gonna reward the courage cause that's what he does. So one, two, three. If that spoke to you today, let's go. I'm so proud of you guys. So I'm gonna, you know what? We're gonna pray. Lord, thank you God so much for every single person raising their hand. How cool is that? How awesome is that, that you are meeting them right where they're at Lord Jesus.

I need you Holy Spirit to light them up for your glory, for your renown. Give them the excitement that only you can give. Remove the enemy schemes Lord, as they come in at them, I pray Psalms three, but you Lord my God are a shield around me. My glory the one who lifts my head high. I pray that over every single person Lord Jesus. What cool stories we're gonna have this year because people are going to be excited about numbers and go get their goals and numbers or whatever else you have for us. We have no clue. I have no clue why you wanted this message today, but you do. So do what you do best. I know you will. And we love you in Jesus mighty name. Amen. Amen. I'm so proud of you guys. Before I let y'all go, I wanna talk to another crowd. I kind of mentioned multiple times today, but maybe your friends invited you. Maybe it's like, hey, it's a new year. I'm gonna try this God thing out because what I've been trying really ain't working. Well, first of all, praise God.

Seriously, you're here is a big deal. It's a big deal. That you've taken a step and God sees that. So your biggest step that you can take now is number one. If you've never received Jesus as your Lord and savior, what is that? Well, number one, first of all, you have to realize all of us are sinners. We're all sinners here. None of us are perfect. Only Jesus and Jesus alone. And because we're all sinners, we've all fall short of God's glory. Now he made us in the very beginning and we were perfect. We were awesome walking and talking with God, but because God don't create robots and he wants a relationship, he doesn't want you. He wants a relationship, not just rule following. He wants relationship. And because of that, he gives us an opportunity. So he made Adam and Eve and I'm not gonna make a robot. I want to be enough. I want to be enough for you. So I only ask one thing, that you just don't even touch that tree right there. And by you not touching that shows, action speaks louder than words. You can say you love someone, but are your actions showing it?

So he gives us that opportunity. And we could have just said, hey, oh, gotcha. Boom, I ain't touching that. I love you. You're enough for me. Well, it wasn't because the enemy, what we learned today, he came in and he does his little thing. That's his purpose. But what is God's purpose? To give you a rich and satisfying life. He wants you to have a rich and satisfying life today. And the only way you do that is you put your trust in Jesus. You say, I'm not enough. I'm not enough. I can't be enough. I can't have enough good stuff to outweigh my bad. When you get to heaven, God's not gonna look at the scale and say, you did a thousand things great. You did 500 bad. Come on in. That's not how it works or vice versa. It's not how it works. You can't be good enough. It's not how it works. So what it is is God sends his son, Jesus, to live a perfect life, to shed the perfect blood,

to be your sacrifice, your payment. And it's up to you now to choose him. He's not gonna force you. God doesn't do that. He's not gonna force you to love him. He's not gonna force you to choose him, but he is gonna give you an opportunity. So we're gonna bow our heads and we're gonna pray this prayer. And this prayer in itself doesn't necessarily save you. It's the posture of your heart realizing that you need somebody. You are a sinner. You need a savior. If we openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God raised him from the dead, we'll be saved. Saved that's what the word says So that's what we're going to give you an opportunity and you don't got to have it all figured out Don't believe that lie. I don't understand it all Okay All he needs you to understand right now is you are lost You are a sinner. You need a savior and I need jesus So if you can figure that part out, then this is your step and let god figure out the rest He will he'll show it to you So i'm going to ask everybody to pray this prayer And then at the very end i'm gonna ask that you have some courage If one person raises their hand, that's what we've been talking about all day We're gonna come we're gonna get excited

We're gonna blow this roof off for jesus So repeat after me jesus I believe That you died on the cross For my sins and I believe that god raised you from the dead Three days later for my sins I received this gift Come into my life Teach me how to live Be my lord and savior in jesus name amen amen, man If this is the very first time you prayed that prayer and you received jesus as your lord and savior we want to celebrate We want to go crazy We want to be excited So i'm gonna ask you i'm gonna count to three raise your hand. We're gonna clap. We've got some resources We want to give you like I said We're fishing to help you take your next step. We're going to give you a blue bag and then and it keeps going on and on so one two Three, let's go Yes, sir Let's see you navarre let's go blackwater hold them up Woo Well, thank you all again for today, like I said pray for pastor tim they're driving back It's going to be awesome next week. You do not want to miss next week. It's going to be amazing We're going to turn it over to our local campuses. Well, that was a great word that we just heard So make sure to leave a comment on the video of what you got from it Give us a like and subscribe to the youtube page

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